The Northeast Branch is accessible from campus in about 20 minutes via the 65 bus. It’s often busy, but you can still usually ...

Fifty years ago, the Central District book lovers and neighbors made a decision that would forever change the identity of their local library. They voted to shed the name of a city pioneer in ...

SEATTLE — When it's cold outside, it's a great time to explore the great indoors -- and maybe grab a book to curl up with later. Whether you're looking to make a statement on social media or to just ...

The Douglass-Truth Branch of the Seattle Public Library has been a staple of Seattle's Central District and a decades-long meeting hub for Seattle's Black community. It's also home to the West Coast's ...

The Seattle Public Library (SPL) will be closing 22 of its 27 locations for at least one day per week until the beginning of June, amid ongoing and increasingly problematic staffing shortages.

The Seattle Public Library would like you, please, to not return your books. The library and its 27 branches continue to struggle through a ransomware attack that has disabled its networks, rendered ...

The Seattle City Council has expressed interest in using a public library building as an emergency homeless shelter. That idea was proposed Wednesday when newly-appointed Seattle Chief Librarian Tom ...

SEATTLE — Most Seattle libraries will now be open seven days a week thanks to funding from the seven-year $219 million 2019 Library Levy. The levy supplements city funding to support library services ...

Before the birth of her two children, Mary Fontana never had late library fines. Since their birth, that’s changed. She estimates they check out 20 to 30 books a week. “When you have kids it’s easy to ...